PeaveyFury
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What about all the medical professionals also telling you to get it? Seems like that should factor heavily into a health decision. But that's just my opinion, of course.
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Again, that's absolutely correct though. They have a finite number of dollars they can commit. When they committed to Yelich, they gave up their ability to concurrently commit to a contract like Arenado's. They could have had both here concurrently without extending Yelich. But I'm not totally sure they couldn't afford both. Braun is off the books. Cain coming off soon. They could have avoided the Bradley deal. It's all about what Mark A. is comfortable committing to. They could afford both with a better system where they could count more on their 0-3 year players. ....but under no circumstances are the Brewers committing hundreds of millions of dollars over 7 years to two players. It's not just the yearly salary, it's the contract length. And the expected value during the end of the contracts. There's literally no way they'd have taken on Arenado. In summary, when posed the question 'what would you have done?' the response has basically been that the Brewers should have taken on a contract that they would never have, and little else. Perhaps that's why the offseason played out the way it did? There wasn't much value in bats, unfortunately for the Brewers, so they upgraded via defense where there was a chance to.
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Again, that's absolutely correct though. They have a finite number of dollars they can commit. When they committed to Yelich, they gave up their ability to concurrently commit to a contract like Arenado's.
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I mean, yes, that's absolutely correct.
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..and fans are already calling the Yelich contract and albatross and the rest of us are watching the ugliness we expected from Cain's. You think they had the resources to take on Arenado's contract as well? With Yelich/Arenado's performance likely declining at some point along the way to make them horrendous contracts, you'd be looking at the 90s-level Brewers for the better part of a decade. But, if that was your expectation/understanding of the Brewers' financial situation, I'm not surprised there was disappointment for how the offseason unfolded. I just don't think that expectation was in the same stratosphere as reality.
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The difference between 10-14 million on a 1-2 year commitment vs. 7/150 is absolutely cavernous for the Brewers.
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Well, I probably should have phrased it as 'what could the Brewers REALISTICALLY have done to fix the offense?' And you are right, I wasn't specifically addressing you, I was addressing the poster I quoted. But since you responded to my post, I though I'd ask you as well.
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Didn't really answer the question- what would you have done this offseason to 'fix' the offense?
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I.... what? Wong is a perfectly adequate hitter for the position he plays but his bat is nothing special so his value is tied up in his defense which is excellent. I appreciate the clarification, but I really don't understand what your plan was for the offseason that would have been better. Who should they have signed, exactly? I think they identified that there weren't any viable options left for them budget-wise after Turner signed, and the saw an opportunity to improve the team by signing a guy like Wong who has an acceptable bat and provided team value through good defense. The upgrade from Hiura's defense to Wong's will probably add 2-4 WAR this year. That's the definition of a good signing.
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I.... what?
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I thought using a tote bag would be more environmentally conscious.
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No masks needed indoors or outdoors for those that are vaccinated, officially: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/health/cdc-mask-guidance-vaccinated/index.html Basically the end of masks other than when required by a business, but there you have it.
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It's absolutely astounding. I can only assume the people hoarding gas right now are putting those plastic bags in their garage next to the 4 years worth of toilet paper they hoarded last year...
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This is how I remember it as well. I have a couple of specific memories from games I attended where he missed open receivers downfield and I thought that he used to be able to make those throws 99/100 times. -
They've basically been able to produce effectively at 1B all but last season and this one, thus far. Every other year since Fielder, really, they've been able to play a rotation of 'random 1B X', with X changing every year or two, with acceptable production. Smoak made a ton of sense in that regard last year, and it obviously didn't work. But otherwise, they've done it pretty well historically.
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Yep. When player after player comes in an underperforms career expectations, it's not the GM's fault.
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To be clear, maybe that's what the initial poster you were responding to was arguing, but I didn't intend to offer any opinion on the value of Bradley's contract.
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Have to explain it somehow when someone infers Jackie Bradley Jr. wasn't expected to be a big contributor because he was 4th on the OF depth chart. Didn't see that stated anywhere. The issue seemed to stem from someone's claim that Bradley wasn't the 4th OF on the depth chart, when, in fact, he was.
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What starting spot did you think he was being handed when signed? Competing for the starting spot of the $10 million corner OF that Stearns signed that also didn't hit which is probably why Stearns felt the need to spend a ton of money on Bradley in the first place. I'm not sure you chose the right OF. If you thought Bradley was insurance for anyone, it was almost certainly Cain for obvious reasons.
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What starting spot did you think he was being handed when signed? He was intended to be a 4th starter...not a bench bat that starts occasionally. That's the definition of quibbling over semantics.
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What starting spot did you think he was being handed when signed?
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He or the team made some comment about it in like January when he didn't officially retire, but obviously wasn't signing to be ready for spring training. I think if that's what we were basing this on, and if I recall correctly, wasn't a lot of that sort of 'never say never' or 'we'll see what the next few months brings?' With literally no news recently, I think the assumption should be that Braun is retired retired, not COVID retired.
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Has their been anything from Braun's camp suggesting that he'd even entertain an offer to come back? At this point, everyone seems to be assuming he's waiting for later in the season. Why? At some point, don't we just have to acknowledge that the odds are that he's actually retired?
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But I think that's the heart of Underachiever's question- what is Aaron actually looking for here? Either you're forced to tie up the cap in an aging, currently still elite QB, or you try to restructure to give more freedom now but create a disaster a bit further down the line. It's really a lose-lose situation for the Packers. The only way you can actually 'guarantee' anything is to basically eliminate any outs you may have on his contract, thus creating a mess at some point.
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Boil first to absorb flavor (poke holes with a fork to allow them in). As noted, it pre-cooks the brats, but I like that for even cooking. Then throw them on the grill for 2-3 minutes a side (flip once) to finish them off. Did them like this on Monday and they were outstanding.
